Funnel for liquids



Jan. 3, 1928. 1,655,02 l

s. E. NORD FUNNEL FOR LIQUIDS Filed July 27. 1926 INVENTOR Swan E. Word ATTORNEY Patented Jan. 3, 192.

PATENT OFFlCE.

SWAN E. NGRD, OF SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.

FUNNEL FOR LIQUIDS.

Application filed July 27,

in making wholesale deliveries of lubricating oil from motor trucks, for instance, it is customary to include as a part of the equipment one or more funnels for pouring the oil. To expedite delivery of the oil it is desirable, obviously, that the tunnel used should have a relatively large capacity. A disadvantage arising from such use of the ordinary funnel is that considerable oil adheres thereto, and when the tunnel is returned to the trucknecessarily in an inverted position so that it will be carried in the most expedient mannersaid oil leaks into the truck.

Gne object of my invention is, to provide in a funnel an inwardly disposed flangelike section continuous with the edge of its intake portion which affords a receptacle for oil which may run down from the interior oi the funnel, and thus prevent its leakage from the tunnel when the same is inverted.

Another object is, to provide a funnel especially designed for pouring oil in large quantities, having interiorly a specially constructed bottom and sidewalls which facilitate the flowing of the oil therethrough and the deposition of the residue in said receptacle, at the same time prevent waste by minimizing the amount of oil adhering to the tunnel.

Other objects may appear as the description of the invention progresses.

In the accompanying drawing- Figure 1 is a perspective of the preferred Y form of the device, complete;

F 2 longitudinal section, drawn centrally thereof; and

Fig. 3, a cross section, drawn on the line 3-3, of 2.

The device, in its preferred form, comprises a rectangular metallic box, generally t. gnated as 1, having a doubly constructed Jottom portion and side walls. Said contruction includes asheet of metal bent to 03111 a V shaped bottom portion 2 and verlcally extending side walls 3, each of the walls being bent to provide an inwardly disposed tlange a, the inner edge of which is bent downwardly, as at 5, forming a channel 6. The said portion and walls are secured within the box by soldering, or in any other suitable manner, the walls lying contiguous with the side walls of said box, as shown in Fig, 3, and the terminals of the 1926. Serial No. 125,200.

portion secured to the ends of the box, as indicated at 7, Fig. l. The bottom portion 2 disposed within the box at a downward angle, as illustrated in Fig. 2, to facilitate the flow of a liquid within the tunnel to the outlet pipe 8, which is secured to said portion in any appropriate way, and, as is evi dent, communicates therewith.

Each upper end of the box is likewise bent to form an inwardly disposed flange and a channel, and as the same are identical in form with those heretofore described rela tive to the vertically extending side walls, each is given the same numerical designation, as will appear in Fig. 2. Said parts, in connection with the adjacent walls and secured together as shown in Fig. 1, provide a strengthening rim for the box and interiorly a channel-like receptacle to receive the residue of the oil, when the device is inverted, and as will be hereinafter more particularly described.

For convenience in carrying or manipulating the device, a handle 9 is provided, andwhich, in the present embodiment of the invention, is formed from a length of strap iron, secured to the bottom of the box and adjacent one end, by the screws 10, as illustrated.

In utilizing the tunnel, in pouring oil for instance, the fiat exterior bottom portion permits it to rest securely on the container into which the oil is to be poured, and the interior bottom portion. sloping from each side and toward the outlet pipe is of a form which obviously hast-ens the flow of the liquid into the container. Some oil, owing to its viscosity. will necessarily adhere to the interior of the funnel, but, as is evident, the double bottom eliminates a number of right angular sections in which the oil would be retained or from which the same would move slowly. The device thus permits a quicker distribution, and the recipient is as sured of a more complete measure.

When the funnel is returned to the truck, for instance, it is placed in an inverted position, when any oil remaining in the outlet pipe, the V shaped bottom portion or the side walls, will gradually run into and then be retained by the channel-like receptacle extending throughout the rim, and thereby prevented from leaking into the truck.

The interior of the device, as shown and described, is especially designed to aid the low of liquid from the funnel and to cause the residue to run into said receptacle, but it is apparent that the form of the interior can be varied andlike results attained.

A liquid, particularly so when it is of aconvenience, and, to a certain extent, the

Waste, caused thereby.

I claim:

A funnel for viscous liquids, comprising a rectangular box open at the top and provided with a horizontal bottom, an outlet pipe extending through the bottom of the box, and a strengtl-iening rim extending continuously With the edge'section of the top and in right angular relation thereto, having an interior channel communicating with the sides and ends of the box, adapted to catch and retain deposits of liquid from the boxwhen the funnel is in an inverted position. i a

SWAN E. NGRD. 

